East Kilbride optician and charity founder Sean Walls eyes up a £100,000 jackpot on The National Lottery TV show Break the Safe this Saturday.

The Hairmyres man told the News he hopes his nerve-racking appearance on the new game show will raise the profile of his local charity Sight Aid International.

Sean hopes the town will tune in to see him, and friend Susanne Collins, try to beat the clock and unlock the safe in the heart-pounding buzzer challenge, hosted by Nick Knowles.

He said: “I am so excited about the show being aired this weekend. One of my friends is having a party for us all to watch it.

“I am hoping people will log on to the Sight Aid International website and follow the progress of the clinic opening in Kenya.”

Sight Aid’s latest fundraising initiative ‘One Million Penny Drop’ has so far raised almost £12,000. The cash will be used to fund a children’s eye testing clinic in Nairobi later this year.

And, Sean revealed any prize money won on the game show will go towards future running costs.

He added: “Over that last five months I have raised enough to open the clinic and fund it for the first year, so any winnings will be used for the future.

“Nick Knowles spoke to me off-camera to tell me that he has been to Kibera in Nairobi with Comic Relief, so he was fully aware of where we planned to open and understood the need for what we were doing.”